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UNITED 'PATENT o ALvA D. SUMNE'R, 0F CHICAGO', ILLINOIS, AsSIGNoR To IICl COMPANY, or CHICAGO, ILLINQIS.

'HYDRoCABBoN-GAS GENERA'IQR.

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Specific-ation' of Letters :Patient Applitati'o'n mea nay es, Iene. serial No. 319,160.

To all whoml it vmay. concern.'` 'Be itknovvn that I, A LvA' D. SUMMER, a

citizen of the United' States of-Anierica,'andy a resident of Chicago l in the county of Cook and State ofll'linols,

new and useful Improvements in Hydroe readily detaching the generator or the-purs,

by the structure show-n inthe accompanying carbonGas Generators,v of which the followf Ing is a specification.

and burner;

tion mthe gasl pressure; `andto-` rovide `for pose of .cleaning 4or, to. permit anothentobe substituted. 4These o bjectsare accompllshe'd drawings,4 in which:

Figurel 1s a partly sectionalgfrohtfelevation of'a gasgenerator constructeggccording* to this invention.` Fig. 2 is a vert al section of the alcohol cup and burner.- L y In the structure shown,

a hollow frustumof a cone. Th'eupper' end of this coil is attached by means of a thread- 3 whichleads to The lower end of i the`generatorcoil is attached by means of a l'val-ve 7. The lower end o .pipe has rigid thereon a tapering v'head 8 valve 12and having of the connection threaded connection/ 5 to the threadedstem `6 which has therein the regulating needle whichis held into a corresponding conical connection'v 5. The connection at'the upper ture. nipple 9 which is threaded i'n'to the standard 10. The standard 10 is provided with a hollowcross arm. 11v earryin 'a cutoifneedle athrea 'ed nipplel-S for attachment to thewire feed for the asolene. The mixingchamber'fi issupporte on the standard 14 by means Vof anwhich extends upwardly at t e rear ofthe mixing chamber 4 and communicateswith the sameat 1 6. The lower end ofthe communicates with the burner 17 by means the generating coil 1` into haveinvented certain.

-foughly heating the. Same.- erato'r 'is sufficiently` heated, the lvalve '12 4 p 1 represents the 'generatorcoil which isfwound` in tl 1el.`for`rn.of 4The special functions .o v

l are to'regulate'- the admissionfof the liquid the .generator and of Vthe vfuel of the threadedv` ulpri'ght pipe 15.;

Pipe 15.v a cohol cup',v

18. v Thellow of gas fromthe mixing cham below the air opening 2O atv the lower end of the mixingichamber. The'burner-and-alcopart 21 .has a dependingneck fitting inthe 'elbow 22 for supporting thel burner." The upper part ofthe burner 17 extends ,downwardl to form an'apron or liange whichv is spun'lnto'the formof an annular trough23 for holdingasbestos andialcohol orother in-p flammable material with which the generat- 4fling-coil is ir'st'heated.- The pressed at. its middle fper'surrounding part burner .17' is delange onfthe'memberf21tstightlyinside'of thetrough 23. a i'v The operation of The cutoff., valve 1-2 is closed when -the generator rstheated-by meansof-ayfiame from 'f the 'alcohol cupv or trough 23. The

FFICE.,

i PatentedfApril 28, n I

beris controlled -bymeans of the valve 19,-1

holcup are spunintwo part-S.` The lowerthe device islas follows:

flame passes up-within lthe generator 1 con1- y Ing in contact with'all of its coils and thor- When the genwill ybe'fully opened yto permit the desired -l low ofgasolene into the enerator.

into .the coil l1, and to prevent iiuctu'ation'of the lights' fed by the generatoiwx It has been found in practice that, without plpe andthe: opfpos'iing ress ures of` sai i l the valve 7, l theli hts will fluctuate or-pulsate at 'times -cause by the'gas" backing into the .supplyhe orifice contro d the .upper valve" 7 by this valve is -very small, 'and-prevents',

nested pipell (not shown).

heheat at. he generator 1 causes a' draft backing-of the-gas into the 4tube 10 and con- Theflow of the".

`gasfrorn the generator into' the mixing' tube is controlled by 'means of thevalve 19. venters the mixing chamber through the' opening 20 and mixes Vwith the gas in its .passage upwardly through the Chamber 4.

upwardly through'the 1generator and burner,

and 'thus draws asma quantity of the-gasl Vfrom the mixing chamber through `the con- V'nec'tion 16` downwardly throu'gh the pipe 1.5 and' elbow '22 into the burner.17. 4This gas i nites at the burner, from the iame intheand then continues to supply 'sufficient heat 'for the further generation of gas.

' 26.represents bracket for vsupporting the usual generator hood; said hood being omittedfrom the drawings for the sake of clearness of illustration. l

When the generator coil becomes clogged, the 'same may be readily removed by unscrewing the threaded connections 2 and 5 "and another coil may be substituted while the first is being cleaned.

- What I claimias my invention and desire` to secure by Letters Iatentis:

1. In -a gas generator, the combination of a continuously ascending generator coil, a member supporting the lower end of said coil and having a liquid-fuel receiving-chamber provided Withindependent'inlet and discharge valves, said discharge valve supplying fuel to said generator, a mixing chamber at a' higher level than said coil and receiving the hydro-carbon vapor therefrom, a burner beneath said generator and a supply pipe c connecting said mixing chamber withsaid burner.

2. In a gas' generator, the combination of a continuously ascending generator coil, a

member supporting the lower end of said coil 4and having a liquid-fuel receiving-chamber provided with independent inlet and discharge valves, said discharge valve supplydischargevalves for said chamber, a generator adjacent to' and supplied from said discharge valve, said enerator comprising a continuously ascending ipe coiled into a substantially laterally c osed frustum of a cone, a mixing chamber having its lower end above the level of the u per generator coil and adapted. to receive t e combustible vapor therefrom, a heating burner beneath said generator, and a supply pipel connecting an intermediate point ot said mixing chamber with said burner.

4. A. gas generator comprising a continuously ascending ipe coiled into a substantially laterally c osed frustum of a cone, a mixing chamber having its lower end above the level of the upper generator coil and adapted to receive the combustible vapor therefrom, a heating burner beneath said generator and adapted to discharge a substantially continuous sheet of iame against the inside of the lowest coil, and a supply pipe connecting. said mixing chamber with said burner.

5. A gas generator Acomprising a continuously ascending )ipc coiled into a substantially laterally ciosed frustum'of a cone, a

`mixing chamber having its lower end above the level of the upper generator coil and adapted to receive the combustible vapor therefrom, a heating burner beneath said generator, and a supply pipe connecting said mixing chamber with said burner.

Signed at Chicago this 23rd day of May- 1906.

ALVA l). SUMNER.

Vitnesses L. A. SMITH, WM. RUMMLER. 

